Pair of Ear Ornaments

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Public Domain

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.364.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's NY, 5.17.1993, lot 252);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.364.1

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